donnish

don·nish

D0338700 (dŏn′ĭsh)adj.1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a university don.2. Bookish or pedantic.

donnish

(ˈdɒnɪʃ) adj (Education) of or resembling a university don ˈdonnishly adv ˈdonnishness n

don•nish

(ˈdɒn ɪʃ)

adj. bookish; pedantic. [1825–35] don′nish•ly, adv. don′nish•ness, n.

donnish

Characteristic of a university lecturer, especially in devotion to learning.

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Adj.

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donnish - marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspectspedantic, academicscholarly - characteristic of scholars or scholarship; "scholarly pursuits"; "a scholarly treatise"; "a scholarly attitude"

donnish

adjective scholarly, erudite, scholastic, pedantic, bookish, pedagogic, precise, formalistic He is precise and mildly donnish in manner.

donnish

adjectiveCharacterized by a narrow concern for book learning and formal rules, without knowledge or experience of practical matters:academic, bookish, formalistic, inkhorn, literary, pedantic, pedantical, scholastic.

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